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01/03/86: An unknown working, but during a day of diversions, this is 47484 at Bordesley Junction on the line from Derby to Kings Norton, diverted via Lifford Curve before Kings Norton to head back into Birmingham New Street station. Alan Marshall posted in the news page comments section about this image; "This was during a 5-week period of planned diversions during renewal of the bridge at Proof House Junction, near Birmingham New Street. Kings Norton became the main interchange for Birmingham passengers using Cross Country services." Any further info from this day is of course welcome for contribution.
Photo Copyright: Howard Osiransky
20/04/86: Heading in the same direction on the same day was 47312 with a ballast train, the iron bridge framing the scene replaced an original wooden made example after 1893. Copyright: Richard Boyd
20/04/86: 47648 on display at Crewe Works, this was later 47850. Photo Copyright: Dave Pedley
16/06/86: 47551 heads north at Dringhouses, south of York, possibly to Scarborough or Newcastle.
Photo Copyright: Howard Osiransky
16/06/86: 47270 at Copmanthorpe heading northboud, possibly having come from Liverpool. This area now has AC electrification, and 270 in preservation (and back on the mainline of course) has had a headcode box cut into the newer cab front that can be seen in this view.
Photo Copyright: Howard Osiransky
24/09/86: A cropped version of 47710 (see below).
Photo Copyright: Howard Osiransky
24/09/86: 47710, this time not cropped but from the same photograph. The loco and its train run south over the bridge into North Queensferry (very close to Rosyth Docks) possibly from Dundee. During 1986 there were a problem with the ailing DMU fleet and the passenger services had a number of loco hauled replacements with 26/27s, also featuring 20s and 47s, however the services to Perth/Dundee/Aberdeen/Inverness were 47s and HSTs. No information on vice-DMU workings from this period is in the archive workings section.
Photo Copyright: Howard Osiransky
24/09/86: 47650, now 47805, also heading south into North Queensferry but not on one of the Fife replacement turns. On passenger workings passing through the Fife area that day were also 26010, 27003/50/2/3/4/5 47209/435/641/710.
Photo Copyright: Howard Osiransky
24/09/86: On the same day, 47435 heads south into Inverkeithing, possibly having come from Aberdeen.
Photo Copyright: Howard Osiransky
27/09/86: 47642 'Strathisla' departs Inverness passing Welsh's Bridge Signal box working the 1100 Inverness-Euston 'The Clansman'.
Photo Copyright: Roddy MacPhee
